 Friday was Michigan's first-ever Autism Awareness Meet. Prior to the meet, several autistic and special-needs athletes performed an obstacle course on the floor, while U.S. Olympian and men's gymnast Sam Mikulak signed autographs on the concourse. During the meet, the U-M gymnasts appeared on the video boards discussing facts pertaining to autism awareness. Following the meet, a competitive gymnast performed a floor exercise routine.

 This was the 101st meeting between the two schools.

 The Wolverines' score of 49.475 on uneven bars was its highest since scoring 49.575 at UCLA on March 10, 2013 (49.575).

 Friday's score of 196.800 was slightly below the team's season average. The Wolverines came in averaging 196.883 through the first three meets of the season.

 Michigan is 63-38 all-time against Michigan State and have won 18 straight in the series dating back to 2007. Head coach Bev Plocki is now 62-9 all-time against the Spartans.

 The Wolverines have won eight consecutive regular-season home meets dating back to 2012.

 Through four meets, Michigan gymnasts have won or tied for 15 of 16 event titles. Joanna Sampson has won all four all-around titles.

 Since 2005, Michigan is 51-6-1 (.887) in January meets.

 Joanna Sampson tied her career high in the all-around (39.650), which was set on March 2, 2013, at Michigan State. She has surpassed 39.000 or greater in the all-around for the 24th time in her career. She now has 16 career all-around titles and 43 career individual event titles.

 Joanna Sampson's score of 39.650 in the all-around is tied for the sixth-highest score in program history. She is joined on that particular line by Elise Ray (three times) and Sarah Cain (three times).

 Austin Sheppard has won the vault in each of the team's first four competitions this season, scoring 9.900 or better every time. She now has the same number of 9.900-plus routines on vault this season (four) than she did all her freshman season. She also made her collegiate debut on floor exercise.

 Michigan hadn't gone below 49.000 on floor exercise since the 2012 Big Ten Championships, a span of 18 meets. Similarly, Joanna Sampson failed to receive a score of 9.900 on floor exercise for only the fourth time over the same span.

 Briley Casanova made her official season debut on Friday night, performing on balance beam. She had been an exhibition competitor in each of the last two meets.